Chapter 3340. To grant to Charles H
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CHAP. 3340.— An Act To grant to Charles H. Cornell, his assigns and successors, the right to abut a dam across the Niobrara River on the Fort Niobrara Military Reservation, Nebraska, and to construct and operate a trolley or electric railway line and telegraph and telephone lines across said reservation. June 18, 1906. [[H. R. 17982](/us/bill/59/hr/17982).] [[Public, No. 239](/us/pl/59/239).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That Charles H.
Cornell, his Niobrara River.Charles H. Cornell may dam, etc., on Fort Niobrara Military Reservation, Nebr.assigns, assignees, successors, and grantees, be, and are hereby, privileged, authorized, and granted the authority and right to construct, maintain, and use for power purposes a dam across the Niobrara River on parts of sections twenty-two and twenty-seven, township thirty-four north, range twenty-seven west of the sixth principal meridian, in the State of Nebraska, and to abut said dam on the east bank of said Niobrara River upon land which is a part of the Fort Niobrara Military Reservation, the property of the United States; and said dam Overflow, etc.may be of sufficient height and strength to support a body of water affording or furnishing as much as fifty feet effective head for power purposes, with the privilege of backing water upon or overflowing such part of the Fort Niobrara Military Reservation as may reasonably result from the proper construction, maintenance, and use of said dam, and that, any damages caused thereby may be assessed by Damages.the Secretary of War and paid to the United States before any construction hereby provided for shall be commenced, with the privilege Wires for electric light, etc.also of constructing and suspending wires upon. over, and across said military reservation for the purpose of transmitting electric light and power generated by said water power, also with like privileges of constructing and suspending telephone wires: *Provided*, That the grants *Provisos*.Time for completion.and privileges above specified as to such dam, water power, and wires aforesaid shall become void unless the construction of said dam be commenced within two years from the approval of this Act and completed and put into operation within five years from the approval of this Act; and the said Charles H.
Cornell, his assigns, assignees, successors, Right of way for electric railway, etc.and grantees, are further privileged, authorized, and granted the authority and right to construct and operate a trolley or electric railway, with necessary side tracks and station buildings, also telegraph Telegraph and telephone lines.and telephone lines upon, over, and across the land of said Fort Niobrara Military Reservation, said trolley or electric railway and telegraph and telephone lines to start from the town of Valentine and run by a feasible route as nearly as may be in a direct course to the Fort Niobrara military post, upon said military reservation, thence north or northeast upon a feasible route in the direction of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, in the State of South Dakota, with authority to operate and use such trolley or electric railway and telegraph and telephone lines: *Provided*, That a map of said proposed dam, storage Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.reservoir, railway line, telegraph line, or telephone line shall be filed with the honorable Secretary of War. and the location thereof shall by him be approved before any of these privileges herein aforesaid shall become effective: *Provided further*, That the privileges herein granted Removal of rails, etc.may at any time be rescinded or suspended by order of the Secretary 298of War; and said corporation shall, at any time when so ordered by the Secretary of War, remove its rails and all fixtures and appurtenances, at its own expense and cost and without any claim of any kind Time of construction.from the United States: *And provided further*, That the grants and privileges mentioned in this Act as to said railway, telegraph, and telephone right of way shall become void unless the road or railway shall be commenced within two years from the date of the approval of this Act and said road and telegraph or telephone line be completed from the town of Valentine to the Fort Niobrara military post, on said Fort Niobrara Military Reservation, and put into operation within five years from the date of the approval of this Act.
Approved, June 18, 1906.